A LaPlace man was in jail Monday and St. John the Baptist Parish sheriff's deputies were searching for a second suspect for allegedly accosting two people at gunpoint. The incident occurred Friday afternoon, when a 26-year-old man told authorities that two people approached him and a friend outside his house on Rosemary Court in LaPlace.

As the resident ran off, he heard a gunshot. No injuries were reported from the incident.

Detectives said they identified Ellis Batiste Jr., 21, of West Second Street in LaPlace as one of the assailants. He was arrested Friday night after deputies on Marvin Gardens Street in LaPlace stopped a car that matched the description of one in which Batiste was said to be riding. Batiste was driving the car, authorities said.

Batiste was booked with two counts of attempted second-degree murder and possession of schedule IV drugs. He remained in jail under a $500,000 bond.